OUR FEES

Our fee for a single straightforward Will is £275.00 plus VAT of £55.00. For two Wills which are "mirror" Wills, the fee is £450.00 plus VAT of £90.00.

As a Sole Practitioner, Stephen Phillips, who qualified as a Solicitor in 1976, personally deals with all legal work referred to on this page and elsewhere on this web site, ably assisted by his administrative staff.

We have a fixed fee of £1,000.00 plus VAT of £200.00 for obtaining a Grant of Probate to an estate where no Inheritance Tax Account is required (usually estates worth less than £325,000) and where you, the client, supply the necessary information regarding the deceased's assets and liabilities. Because the Probate Registry estimate a period of 16 weeks between making the application for the Grant and the issue of the Grant, the whole process from start to finish can take up to 5 months.

For more complicated estates we charge at an hourly rate of £325.00 plus VAT of £65.00 and £32.50 plus VAT of £6.50 for each letter written. Where we deal with collecting asset information and the distribution of assets to the beneficiaries, we may charge up to 1% of the gross estate plus VAT.

It is impossible to say how long a complicated case may take, as this depends on many factors, such as the number of assets to deal with.

In all cases there will be a Probate Fee which is presently £273.00 plus £1.50 for each additional copy of the Grant of Probate required.

Download our Report on the Conveyancing Transaction (both sale and purchase) and Sample Conveyancing Fees here: